Where does “spelt” come from?

spelt (Danish) comes from Middle Low German spelte, from Old Saxon spelta, from Proto-Germanic spiltaz — spelt.

spelt (Danish): spelt a type of wheat

Definitions

  1. spelt a type of wheat

Ancestry of “spelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspelte—
2Old Saxonspeltaspelt
3Proto-Germanicspiltazspelt
Every word from Proto-Germanic spiltaz →Every word from Old Saxon spelta →Every word from Middle Low German spelte →